Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space

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Autor(a) principal: Giucci, Guillermo
Data de Publicação: 1991
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/2315
Resumo: The paper compares two forms of imperialist expansion: the conquest of America and the conquest of outer space. The historical background for the first expansionist drive was the Iberian version of the period known as the Renaissance, and its territorial background was the Americas. The second expansionist drive, in the form of space exploration by the US and the USSR, has been limited temporally to the second half of the twentieth century. The essay proceeds from the principle that these two cases of expansionism formulated different appraisals of an analogous enterprise: the 'discovery' of the New World. Whereas on a historical level there is an obvious discontinuity - sailing vessels are replaced by rockets, horses, by computers, the conquistadors by astronauts, and the past by the present and future - on the level of theoretical interpretation, there is a marked continuity between the two periods of conquest in that open new frontiers of domination.
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spelling Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer SpaceVelhos e novos mundos: da conquista da América ao domínio do espaço cósmicoNarrativas de viajantesThe paper compares two forms of imperialist expansion: the conquest of America and the conquest of outer space. The historical background for the first expansionist drive was the Iberian version of the period known as the Renaissance, and its territorial background was the Americas. The second expansionist drive, in the form of space exploration by the US and the USSR, has been limited temporally to the second half of the twentieth century. The essay proceeds from the principle that these two cases of expansionism formulated different appraisals of an analogous enterprise: the 'discovery' of the New World. Whereas on a historical level there is an obvious discontinuity - sailing vessels are replaced by rockets, horses, by computers, the conquistadors by astronauts, and the past by the present and future - on the level of theoretical interpretation, there is a marked continuity between the two periods of conquest in that open new frontiers of domination.O artigo compara duas formas de expansão imperialista: a conquista da América e a conquista do espaço sideral. O "background" histórico para a primeira missão expansionista foi o período conhecido como Renascença, em sua versão Ibérica, e os territórios em questão eram as Américas. A segunda missão expansionista, na forma de exploração espacial pelos EUA e pela URSS, tem como limites temporais a segunda metade do século 20. Este artigo parte do princípio de que os dois casos de expansionismo formularam diferentes apreciações de um empreendimento análogo: a "descoberta" de um novo mundo. Se, no plano histórico, há uma óbvia descontinuidade - navios substituídos por foguetes, cavalos por computadores, conquistadores por astronautas e de um passado por um presente e futuro - no nível da interpretação teórica, existe uma marcante continuidade entre os dois períodos de conquista, que abriram novas fronteiras de dominação.Editora FGV1991-07-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/2315Revista Estudos Históricos; Vol. 4 No. 7 (1991): Travel and Narrative; 3-18Revista Estudos Históricos; v. 4 n. 7 (1991): Viagem e Narrativa; 3-182178-14940103-2186reponame:Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)instname:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)instacron:FGVporhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/2315/1454Giucci, Guillermoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-08-17T18:55:34Zoai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/2315Revistahttps://periodicos.fgv.br/rehONGhttps://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/oai||biblioteca.digital@fgv.br||eh@fgv.br2178-14940103-2186opendoar:2024-03-06T13:01:47.808346Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro) - Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)true
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Velhos e novos mundos: da conquista da América ao domínio do espaço cósmico
title Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
spellingShingle Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
Giucci, Guillermo
Narrativas de viajantes
title_short Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
title_full Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
title_fullStr Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
title_full_unstemmed Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
title_sort Old Worlds, New Worlds: From the Conquest of America to the Conquest of Outer Space
author Giucci, Guillermo
author_facet Giucci, Guillermo
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Narrativas de viajantes
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description The paper compares two forms of imperialist expansion: the conquest of America and the conquest of outer space. The historical background for the first expansionist drive was the Iberian version of the period known as the Renaissance, and its territorial background was the Americas. The second expansionist drive, in the form of space exploration by the US and the USSR, has been limited temporally to the second half of the twentieth century. The essay proceeds from the principle that these two cases of expansionism formulated different appraisals of an analogous enterprise: the 'discovery' of the New World. Whereas on a historical level there is an obvious discontinuity - sailing vessels are replaced by rockets, horses, by computers, the conquistadors by astronauts, and the past by the present and future - on the level of theoretical interpretation, there is a marked continuity between the two periods of conquest in that open new frontiers of domination.
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